ISSUE NO. 39 APRIL 05 published by Joe Renna for the Sons of Peterstown Sports Club

SINGING THE PRAISES OF DON ARNONE o many people spend years learning to play an instrument and never perform Sin front of an audience, or even before another person . The self fulfillment must be so high that it trumps the effort. Don Arnone had a fulfilling life playing the guitar and, along the way, became one of the best in the business . Given the number of aspiring musicians, one can only imagine how exceptional the artists that rise from the pack really are. Some artists reach a level that only a few others can achieve, or even understand. They serve as the goal for others to aspire too. Their abilities are innovative and go beyond were others have gone. Their accomplishments are used to measure greatness in others. One such person from Peterstown achieved this recognition as a jazz guitarist. He is Don Arnone, Arnone was known as the “Founding Father of the New York Session Scene.” Though he played lead guitar on some of the most popular song titles known, he was never in the spotlight. People would perk up when they hear the list of artists he performed with, Sinatra, Crosby, Dinah Washington, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn, Perry Como, Julie Andrews, Jackie Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler and Barbara Strisand. The list is endless, and spans sixty years. It didn't matter what the style of music was or the age of the rest of the band, Don Arnone was who everyone (above, l-r) Peterstown native, Joe (LaBracio) Long was wanted. Even rockers would be in awe of his ability, though they only needed to play three chords in their hit songs. one of the Four Seasons, along with Frankie Valli, Bob The true gauge of Don Arnone’s talent came from the the industry. Gaudio and Tom DeVito. There were some very well known guitarists, who achieved a level of fame beyond their circle of peers. Musicians like; Tony Mottola, Al Caiola, George Van Eps and Django Reinhardt. These men can do things with a guitar that no one else can. Don played with the finest musicians around in his time, like Tal Farlow, Stan Getz, and Toots Theisman. When asking the best who they thought is the best, Don Arnone’s name was mentioned. Before MTV there were variety shows. The most popular entertainment venue in the 50’s. Arnone’s played them all. His TV credits read like a history of broadcasting. Shows like The Ed Sullivan Show, Dick Van Dyke, Mitch Miller, The Steve Allen Show, The Jack Parr Show and Arthur Godfrey used Don. His demand was so high that he couldn’t commit to just one show. When Rock music started to sell big he had an entire new generation of musicians who wanted him in their studios. Don Arnone started playing when he was 13, mainly because his father always spoke about wanting to play himself but never did it. What Arnone had that in him that no one else had is a question for the ages. What made him different from the rest must be devine. There is no other way to explain the ability he developed over months that others could take a lifetime to achieve. Don used his success to inspire and teach youngsters looking to learn. His hard work and determination paid off. It is an inspiration for young artists to see the accomplishment of Arnone considering he grew up in an environment no different from their own. One doesn't have to start off privileged to achieve personal fulfillment.

. (left, l-r) Three of the best ever: Tony Mottola; Peterstown native, Don Arnone and Bucky Pizzerelli on the set of the Mitch Miller Show. LETTER POLICY Around About Peterstown welcomes Letters to the Editor at our postal, fax or e-mail addresses. Letters must include sender’s name, address and phone number (only name and town will be printed). Letters should be typed. Letters appear as space permits. We reserve the right not to print a letter April 05 without notifying sender.

Around About Peterstown is published by Joe Renna. Fifteen thousand newspapers are printed and distributed Dear Joe and all my friends around Peterstown, Dear "Around About Peterstown", bi-monthly, free throughout the County of Union and Every time I get this paper I read the letters and stories of I finally got around to ordering your wonderful parts unknown and by subscription across the country. some of my lifetime friends in the Burg. The latest was the newspaper. I'm not Italian, nor did I live in "The Burg", but Although great care has been taken to ensure the Evangilista family Carmen, Flo and Candy who were my I was married for nearly 50 years to Joe (Spike) DiSpirito --- information contained within is accurate, Around About next door neighbor when I lived at 332 Amity street over the and so some say, "When you marry Italian, you become Peterstown assumes no liability for errors or omissions. bakery shop. Italian". Joe grew up on First Avenue and his father, Frank Around About Peterstown welcomes the comments and I worked for the Petrillos bakery at that time making and DiSpirito, owned a luncheonette for years on Elizabeth concerns of its readers put into writing and sent to: delivering bread. That was a lot of fun. I also was an alter Avenue. Joe had such pride in his roots, and thought that AROUND ABOUT PETERSTOWN boy at St. Anthony's Church for about eight years. almost all Italians were like his brothers. He instilled this pride 202 Walnut Avenue I remember watching my first championship fight on TV at in his four children as well. Cranford, NJ 07016 the Crestlin Boys Club. I think they were the first ones to Joe worked for years at Koplin pontiac-just a short (908) 709-0530 have a TV in the Burg. At that time it was located in Skinny distance from Peterstown. I would venture to say he visited Fax: (908) 709-9209 Albano’s Building, he was like a second father to me. He and Peterstown almost every day or evening --- just to see old E-mail: [email protected] his family took me to a lot of places. friends. Can you pass on my Email and address to all my friends I enjoy reading your paper, because I recognize many of JOE RENNA Publisher / Editor in the Burg and around the country? I would surely like to the names and stories Joe talked about. Sometimes I wish that heare from them. I had the rich heritage of growing up in "The Burg". Your TINA RENNA Thank you, A Burg Boy Forever, paper is a real treasure. Copy Editor Frank Nigro Thank you, 414 NW. 71st. Rosemary DiSpirito Kansas City, Mo. 64118 Elizabeth, NJ My Email [email protected] ST. ANTHONY’S DRAMA CLUB UP TO NUNSENSE SONS OF PETERSTOWN SPORTS CLUB 412 South 7th Street The St. Anthony's Drama Club Elizabeth, NJ 07202 presents the musical JOHN SACCO "NUNSENSE" President Friday, April 22, 2005 at 8:00 pm JIM PALERMO Saturday, April 23rd at 8:00 pm Vice President Sunday, April 24th at 3:00 pm at Dwyer's Auditorium LOUIS L aBRUTTO Secretary Elizabeth High School (corner of Pearl and Bridge Street) JACK LABRUTTO Tickets: $12.00 adults Treasurer $10.00 children 12 and under SAL PICCARELLA For information call: 908-351-3300 Sergeant-at-Arms (above, l-r) Nunsense Cast rehearsing: Danielle Ristorski, President’s Nicole Karas, Lilianna Custodio, Melyssa Searly, Rosmary Message Frnandez, Roxanne Tourkay and Marie Comerford. Family bs 18th Annual ne 5th is the clu Ju dars and plan to Mark your calen Picnic. e last year’s y, it feels like th attend. Funn st it feels st month. At lea icnic was just la gether p put the picnic to of hard work to n y. It takes a lot who volunteer i that wa club members ke to thank the te food, and I would li those who dona lso like to thank a ance. I would a nic happen. It's adv to make this pic ents or money be possible refreshm and it wouldn’t he community free picnic for t elp. and Willy without your h anny Carravano ll be honoring M This year we wi orkers and edicated City w Both men are d enever a call LaMorte. community wh e needs of the with responded to th ho has worked urage anyone w r made. We enco g them friend o was leasure of callin d enjoyed the p them or ha ello. e out and say h neighbor to com (above, l-r) Director Father Vince, Choreographer Gil Grant, God bless. Thank you and Assistant Director Michael Faccone, Music Director Mark Kingston

esident John Sacco, Pr 18th Annual PRESS RELEASES Press Releases that benefit the community of Peterstown are offered free of charge. Every effort Family Picnic will be made to accommodate appropriate articles when time and space allows. Send any info in early. Willy LaMorte Manny Carravano Sunday, June 5, 2005 Each year at our picnic the Sons of Peterstown honors 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm ADVERTISERS: CALL TINA RENNA individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the 908-709-0530 at the community through their work and good deeds. This years Sons of Peterstown Clubhouse www. Visit our website. honorees are Manny Carravano and William LaMorte. Leave a message LaMorte retired form the City of Elizabeth after forty years of 412 South Seventh Street on our Peterstown service. He was a Building Inspector for 14 years and also Elizabeth, NJ Message board. held the position of Code Enforcement Officer. Carravano • FOOD • FUN • GAMES • MUSIC has worked for the City for 20 years, presently as the Director of Weights and Measures. This was his second career. He was Printed on the neighborhood milk man for 40 years before that. Recycled Paper 3 Editor’s Opinion April 05 everybody has one - this is mine - by Joe Renna

The death of Pope John Paul II has awakened the Without his perseverance, some aspects of society world to the message of the church while the physical would deteriorate even quicker than they have. Through trappings of the church took a back seat. The greatness his leadership he was able to influence the changes that of John Paul II was in his unwavering belief in the were happening around the globe. We can never know teachings of Jesus Christ. At a time when the focus on how many atrocities were dwarfed by his involvement, the Catholic church was set on controversy and but we can be sure that some leaders were held in check problems in the organization, the Pope stayed true to his and others outright failed. convictions and faced tremendous pressure to bend. At Pure and simple the Pope faced evil and made a times the pressure came from within the church's own stand. There is no saying what would be accepted in the membership. While the rest of society chipped away at absence of good. For instance, no one arguing Row v. the edges of the dignity of life, John Paul II persevered. Wade imagined we would be discussing the merits of This was the trait of a great leader. partial birth abortion thirty years later. Criticism of the Pope, and the Catholic religion in Despite the Pope's opinion, the world goes on. general, was stiff. Scandalous headlines dominated the Nothing illustrates this more than the murder of Terry Keith Terracina and Gerald Casale media for the past few years. It was hard to argue with Schiavo. The significance of her death by starvation was public outcry for change. There is no denying that made even more pertinent to the Pope's views on the TERRACINA INKS DEAL WITH changes in the church are necessary value of life when his death was emanant. I could only as society changes. But the Pope was fixed on wonder what arguments will be made, thirty years from DEVO OVER VEAL AND RAVS elements of the human condition on a much higher now, for ending someone’s life. Gerald Casale of the band Devo flew in from L.A. to plain that those defined by technology. I pray that the next Pope has the same fortitude as his sign a contract with Keith Terracina, who inherited his The ability for priests to marry is an issue that nagged predecessor. John Paul was a great man, a great leader great uncle Sal’s collection of photography and art. The the the churches administration during the Pope’s entire and a great role model. God bless him. deal was finalized in Spirito’s Restaurant in Peterstown. tenure. This is a valid issue when it came to the church A fitting location since Sal was born in an apartment as an organization but not as important as the work John above the restaurant. Paul II made his priority. John Paul II tackled world Sal Terracina amassed tens of thousands of photos problems on a grand scale, freedom for oppressed people, along with masks that he created over three decades the sanctity of life, education and poverty. He was starting from the 1940’s. Devo was one of new wave's masterful in the fall of communism in Poland and the most innovative and successful bands in the early Soviet Union. His voice opposing war was much needed 1970’s. Today Casale concentrates most of his time on to balance the call for military action from leaders of Not for Nothing But... his production company Bad Company. countries around the world. Casale developed a deal to acquire Sal Terracina’s life The Pope was sometimes a lone voice in a sea of don't pull my plug; work and establish him as one of the most accomplished conventional wisdom. The churches stance on birth artists of his time. Terracina was not only a sculptor and control runs against the grain of global health photographer but a performer as well, a renowned organizations and humanitarian groups on every I may be dreaming pianist and psychic, in his day. His fame was confined to continent. Even though he was up against a limited audience over a limited time period. Casale, insurmountable opposition, it was not enough for him to I'm in heaven. who is an art enthusiast, believes the work that waiver one bit. The world needs a moral barometer and Terracina did is much more important than that. John Paul II was it. The multi-project proposal includes plans for publishing Sal’s images in books as well as producing gallery shows. Sal’s life was so colorful and, at times ANGELS ON DUTY bazaar, that Casale wants to create a biopic for television and a script for a feature film. Negotiations Every year since the inception of Angels on Duty in on Duty Fundraiser at the Portuguese Instructive Social are already in the works. Details will be released as 2000, the non-profit organization, consisting of all the Club in Elizabeth, NJ. A $60 donation includes: cocktail things develop. female realtor associates of RE/MAX 2000, have hour, dinner, open bar, special entertainment and Readers can get a taste of Sal’s work by visiting volunteered their time and efforts dedicated toward dancing to a variety of music. Keith’s website: salsimages.com. This is only a breast cancer awareness and prevention. Anyone interested in attending or sending a donation preliminary site. Bad Company is developing a more Throughout the years they have generated various can contact RE/MAX 2000 located at 530 Westfield comprehensive website as you read this. donations from individuals, businesses and organizations. Avenue, Elizabeth or call 908-353-7700 x336. All proceeds go towards covering the costs of This contact information can also be used by anyone mammogram screenings. interested in receiving a free mammogram. Information On Saturday evening, April 30, 2005 at 6:30 pm the about Angels on Duty can also be found on their website Angels on Duty will be holding their fifth annual Angels www.AngelsOnDuty.org.

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April 05 VITULLO OF PETERSTOWN 7 APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF April 05 ELIZABETH FIRE DEPT

Onofrio Vitolla has added another dimension to his career as a firefighter. Six months after retiring from the Elizabeth Fire Department, Onofrio accepted an invitation from Mayor Chris Bollwage to become Director of the City's Fire Department. Vitullo served the people of Elizabeth as a firefighter for over thirty years before his retirement in July of 2004. He became one of "Elizabeth's Bravest" immediately after six years of military service in the Navy during the Viet Nam War. Onofrio commented that his time on the job went by very fast, mainly because he loved the job. He loved the excitement and the experience. Originally from Newark, Vitullo move to Peterstown in 1985, liking the familiarity with the culture that he services and purchase new equipment. (above, l-r) Mayor Chris Bollwage swears-in expected from an Italian-American community. Onofrio is modest, and though he is extremely the new Elizabeth Fire Director Onofrio Vitullo, Onofrio's daily tasks are now much different than qualified for the position he applied only after being assisted by his niece,Vanessa Vitullo. when he was used to when he fought fires on the front coaxed by his pal Mike Donellen. Vitullo is very well line of an assault. As Director, Onofrio oversees the respected and has received unanimous support from the administration of the Department. He has already begun community. Many people wish him well and agree he working on initiatives and securing grants to expand was very deserving.

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MAMMA

Mamma, lucente stella d'ogni tempo, dai primi passi, semre sei la guida; il tuo amor splendente, come un lampo penetra nel mio cor, ove si annida.

Quando mi sento triste e sconsolato, allor a tua "imago" mi sorride, ed il languente Spirto rallegrato s'allieta come un giorno che non vide.

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It is with a classic Coke. he worked for Singer Sewing Machine factory. Back at home rare to hear musicians reference their mothers or family he intensely practiced his piano. Joe was 17 at the time, his when they talk about their careers, but Joe does. Before (below right) father was sick, and he gave up going to college to be a bread making a decision he would ask himself if his mother Joe on stage. winner at home. would approve. He has no regrets. (below) Joe with One fateful day a malfunctioning piece of equipment got a Bob Gaudio, one of hold of his left hand and cut it to ribbons. After three years of the founding members of the Four Seasons, who surgery and rehabilitation he gained partial use of the hand but not enough to accommodate the dexterity needed to play wrote most of the songs they recorded. The photo Not for Nothing But... the piano. This did not discourage Joe from pursuing his love was taken at of music. He found that he was able to play the bass and began Shea Stadium after playing tinkering with that instrument by playing along to the radio. The Four Seasons were for the Murray The K When he felt comfortable enough, he took professional TV show recorded there. lessons and in time mastered it. to the East Coast Joe was in his early 20’s traveling and playing music throughout the states and Canada. Joe mixed a lot of comedy in with his shows and built a reputation as a performer as well what the Beach Boys as an artist. That reputation got him the gig with the Four Season’s who were looking for a replacement when their bass were to California. player left abruptly. Joe spent 12 years playing with the Four Seasons, from 1965 to 1976. He was part of a string of a million selling records including “C’mon Marianne,” “Don't Think Twice,” “Let’s Hang On,” “I've Got You Under My Skin,” “Opus 17,” “Working My Way Back To You” and “Who Loves You.” Though the Beatles turned the music industry on its ear, the Four Seasons stood solidly at the top of their game, representing good clean fun. Their wholesome image was a contrast to the parallel universe of the psychedelic, hippie PLAYING FOR stuff going on. THE HOME CROWD There were many nights when Joe Long's house on High Street was the main attraction for the evening. When his band rehearsed in the basement scores of (above) Joe introducing fellow Jersian, Frankie Valli at a Four season’s gig. kids from the neighborhood would slink in to catch a glimpse of the band or they would gather on the front (left) Joe (LaBracio) Long in a 1996 photo with his mom, Mary, and steps that doubled as stadium seating. It was general his daughter Kimberly, and son Joey. The photo was taken in his admission, all were welcome, no charge. A cool way to Peterstown home at 230 High Street, where he lived until he went pass a few hours on a summer night. on the road. His mother shared the two family house with her sister, It is impossible to know how many aspiring Sally Marcantonio’s family. musicians were inspired by those sessions. (below) Before there was the St. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, there was Picaro’s Savoia Nazionale Banda. The Peterstown band was fronted by the grandfather of Joe Long and his cousins, the Marcantonio's. Their mothers were sisters, whose maiden names were Picaro. The boy in the picture is their brother Louis, and next to him is their uncle Joe, who was also in the band.

(left) Music historians suggest that the Bee Gees of Australia, stole their persona from The Brothers Marcantonio of Peterstown. THE BROTHERS MARCANTONIO

Joe Long never had to worry about his downstairs Henry. His son Andrew is a music major at Jersey City neighbors hitting the ceiling with a broom handle to University as a piano player. keep the noise down because on the first floor of his Steve, who tried but didn't master an instrument, home on High Street were three of his biggest fans and made a career in music anyway. He followed his dream proteges, his cousins, Henry, John and Steve of being an engineer and it payed off. There’s a saying Marcantonio. All three were budding musicians and that goes, “If you do what you love, you will never work tapped their older cousin for advice and instruction. a day in your life.” Steve is one of those in which the John played the drums and played steady with his soul statement applies. mates in a neighborhood band called The Twilighters. It And though he is happy in Nashville, he misses was Joe that introduced John to jazz while he was still in Peterstown a lot. He talks about “The Burg” to his new his early teens. To this day John has been a student of all neighbors all the time. He says they are very intrigued music, but had a deep understanding of jazz at a very with his stories of Spirito's and the Market and early age. His interest in music is a defining trait in his Saraceno’s and Sacco’s and Jimmy Malta and so on. life. Steve invites anybody from the Burg who decides to Henry is a Rutgers graduate with a music major as a go to Nashville to look him up. Though, they would flute player. He also played guitar in rock cover bands. need a hunk of provolone and some sopresotta from The music tradition continues to the next generation for Elizabeth to get in his door. MARCANTONIO, A MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC 15 April 05 Steve Marcantonio can still envision in his mind Cicala’s name was on quite a few of those records Steve the day that he woke up and saw a New York Daily studied. Not only was Cicala one of the biggest names in News story about the Beatles landing in New York. engineering, he happened to own one of the most That day changed his whole life. famous studios in the country, Record Plant Studios. Steve was born in August of 1957 and grew up in the Steve sensed what his cousin was up to and flipped Peterstown section of Elizabeth, NJ. Specifically at 230 out when Joey hooked him up with Roy. Before he knew High Street, across the street from the Cusmanos, the it, Steve was working at the Record Plant! factory, and St. Anthony’s Youth Center. At first Roy hired him to be his personal assistant but Steve was influenced by his two older brothers, before long Steve was thrust into doing whatever had to Henry and John, especially when it came to music. He be done, and what no one else wanted to do, like remembers imitating the Beatles with his brothers. They showing up at 8 every morning and cleaning the rooms. listened to their music all the time. Henry and John When it was time to leave at 5:00, Steve would always both had bands and they rehearsed in their basement. stay around either to work with Cicala or make himself Steve’s aunt and uncle, Mary and Joe LaBracio, lived available to anybody that needed assistance. He would on the second floor of their two family home along with run out for food, or get them gear that they needed, or their cousins, Joey and Buzzy. Buzzy played drums in a just hang out. society band and Joey went on to be the bass player and Steve worked that entire summer, 6 to 7 days a week, (above) Steve Marcantonio sitting in front of his singer for the 4 Seasons. Predating the musical sometimes sleeping at the studio, for the neat little sum instrument, a mixing board. influence of his cousins and brothers, Steve’s of nothing; zero; niénte. He didn’t get paid at all! And grandfather left a legacy of talent. He was a band leader then it was time to get back to work at GM to install and wrote his own music. Steve feels that music was in eight track players into the new Cadillacs. Steve had a as an engineer. His talent and experience is often sought his blood right from birth. big decision to make. He was at a crossroads. by the biggest names in the industry. He has also become Ironically, with his access to equipment and built-in It took him about a second and a half to decide to very involved within the music community, having mentors, Steve never mastered an instrument. He tried give up the $12 an hour and benefits he was making at served on several boards and committees. Recently, he the guitar but couldn’t get past the pain on his fingers. GM and to take the job, “busting my ass”, at the music was hired to mix the sound for TV for The Grand Ole Still, Steve couldn’t get enough of music. He went to studio making minimum wage. Opry. many concerts in the area and listened to albums all the Steve made the right decision. Through the years at Over the last 18 years that he has been in Nashville, time. the Record Plant, he got a chance to work with The J. Steve worked with just about every big name in country Whenever Steve bought an album (those were vinyl Geils Band, The Blues Brothers, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, music: Vince Gill, Rebba McIntyre, George Strait, discs that were played on turntables and they had really Kiss, Cheap Trick, and most notably John Lennon. Alabama, Restless Heart and Gretchen Wilson. cool art work) he would always look to see who Steve is a perfectionist and it took him about 6 years Steve has worked with countless artists on countless recorded it. Over the years he became familiar with the to finally consider himself an engineer. In 1984 he projects that crossover to different types of music. Right names of the different musicians, studios and technical worked as an engineer for the first time, on a farm in now there is probably some young kid reading liner personnel who were responsible for getting the sound Massachusetts, with the J. Geils Band. For Steve, it was notes on their CD cover picturing his name in the line just right. At a very young age Steve could tell the very challenging and fun at the same time. that says Engineering: Steve Marcantonio. influence certain technicians had on a production. He For the next few years Steve worked on various also could tell what made for good production and could projects, scattered here and there. It wasn’t until May of spot the effects of poor engineering. 1987 that his star began to rise. That is when Steve At age 17, Steve decided on what career he wanted. received a call from an artist from Nashville by the name He wanted to record music. During the summer of ’74 of Rodney Crowell. Crowell was married to Johnny he took a 10 week course in New York to learn the Cash’s daughter, Rosanne. Steve had worked with Not for Nothing But... trade. He remembers the course being way over his Crowell at the Record Plant and he wanted Steve to go head and got very discouraged and figured that he down to Nashville to record a record for Rosanne. just because you don’t wasn’t cut out to be an engineer. Steve commuted back and forth to Nashville for 5 After his dream bubble burst, Steve took a typical years until he finally decided to make the move. play an instrument career path shared by boys his age growing up in the Another crossroad and another correct decision. Steve blue color Italian neighborhood; he worked on an loved Nashville. He said, “It is a real nice place to live assembly line for General Motors. and there are a lot of great studios and songwriters and doesn’t mean you’re In the summer of ’78, Steve was on a paid break musicians down here.” Many famous artists like Donna while the plant retooled for the next season’s Summers, Michael McDonald, John Kay (Steppenwolf) production. His cousin Joey told him that he happened and one his personal friends, Felix Cavaliere have made not musically inclined. to be on the phone with Roy Cicala. The news may not it their home also. have been thrilling to anyone else but for Steve. Roy Steve Marcantonio has made quite a name for himself A BITTER SWEET MEMORY OF JOHN LENNON Steve worked with John Lennon in December (left) CD cover of of '80. Steve and his brothers are Lennon’s biggest John Lennon's fans, musically and philosophically. There was a “Walking on Thin song that Lennon was working on with Yoko Ice” engineered by called “Walking On Thin Ice” and they were in Steve Marcantonio, the studio with Steve for seven days. Steve it was the last song remembers Lennon as one of the nicest guys that Lennon worked on he ever worked with, and they had a lot of fun in the studio. Steve particularly remembers taking a before his death. walk with Lennon down 44th Street one night. He remembers that night because it was the last night of production. The following night Monday, December 8, Lennon and Yoko went to the studio to listen to the song one more time. At the end of the session, Steve escorted John and Yoko down the hall and said good bye as the elevator door closed. Twenty minutes later Howard Cossell broke the news that John Lennon was shot dead outside his apartment building. Steve couldn't believe it at first and it was hard for him to accept. Steve values his memories of Lennon and considers himself very lucky to have met and worked with him. 16 ATTENTION PIANISTS – AGES 23 AND ABOVE

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’ Happy belated Easter – with Easter’s early higher interest rates. Sellers at times are also buyers

D arrival by the time you read this column it will and this would be applicable to them as well. have passed us by. It seems to me that as I When purchasing another home, sellers also must R grow older time just flies right by us with take into consideration that prices are at an all time A winter quickly turning into spring. Spring is high. If a seller is considering selling his home he W perceived to be a time of rebirth. Trees turn takes a risk in waiting as well. Interest rates will

O green, flowers blossom, grass grows and the definitely affect the sales price of the home. Prices

H real estate market takes off. will come down if interest rates continue to escalate.

Spring is traditionally considered to be the The real estate buying boom in the United States &

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I cars and scout out the homes, the schools, and years as a direct result of interest rates as low as 4 7/8

T the neighborhoods. Schools will be out in for a 30 year fixed mortgage. The differential June which is right around the corner. If a between today’s interest rates can range as much as buyer is looking to make a change because of the $800.00 per month predicted on a $500,000 mortgage school system, this is the time of year when it all at today’s rate, depending on what type of mortgage begins. the buyer chooses. Sellers on the other hand will use this time as well Many homes today are being sold with 100% in planning their future. Their children may be financing, which consists of 2 mortgages, the first one graduating, or it may be time to down size from a for 80% and the second for 20% of the loan. There NEW JERSEY larger home into a smaller home or possibly move by are many factors as to why this is occurring. Typically REALTY FIRM the shore area, or yet still others may decide to move most conventional and FHA loans no longer conform Thinking of Selling? out of the state completely. Buyers and sellers will to the pricing that homes are being sold at. Buyers Call today for your personalized use this time in their decision making. may not have enough money to make up for the property market evaluation. The real estate market today is still booming. difference between a $500,000 mortgage and the There are advantages to both buyers and sellers to maximum conventional mortgage of approximately make their move now. For buyers interest rates are $460,000. Therefore, for them to buy it's easier to 4% Commission still reasonable, although it appears that the Fed will finance at 100%. As interest rates continue to rise, continue to raise rates which in turn will make the likelihood of this type of financing to continue to

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(above, l-r) Barnes’ manager James Timmons and sales representatives, Modeline Mesa and Natasha Vazquea in their showroom on E. Grand Street in Elizabeth, one block east of Routes 1 & 9. Barnes aims to please Barnes Kitchen & Bath Dept. manager James Timmons and sales representatives, Modeline Mesa and Natasha Vazquea have extended store hours to include being open late thursday night until 8:00 pm. James also accommodates his clients by meeting them during off hours. Timmons is responding to the needs of his customers, he says “Many people work all day and can only shop after hours. When they asked if I can meet them after hours. I say yes when other stores aren’t available..”

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